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The New Way Things Work
โ Scribed by David Macaulay
- Publisher
- Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 402
- Edition
- 2nd
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Guiding the reader through the complicated world of digital machines, where masses of electronic information can be squeezed onto a single tiny microchip, this book covers the latest technological developments. Each principle is explained with the help of a rather slow-witted, wooly mammoth.
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